Torture and the Content of our Character Torture and the Content of our Character
The standoff between the Senate and the Bush Administration over military tribunals, torture and war crimes tests core legal and moral issues and will determine the kind of country...
Sep 15, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Failing the Test Failing the Test
President Bush was correct when he said that not since the cold war has the nation been so tested. But the test lies not in the terror threat but in his Administration's incompeten...
Sep 13, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Real Tragedy The Real Tragedy
Five years after the attack, Americans are impatient and angry about what has been done in their name. Our national tragedy is not September 11 but the war in Iraq, an agony that p...
Sep 12, 2006 / Editorial / Eric Weinberger
Plame’s Role at the CIA Plame’s Role at the CIA
Valerie Plame was no CIA paper-pusher. She was searching out intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Sep 7, 2006 / Editorial / David Corn
Antiwar Primaries Antiwar Primaries
Key primary races in Maryland, Rhode Island and even New York are making the Iraq War what it should be in every 2006 political contest: the central issue.
Sep 6, 2006 / Editorial / John Nichols
Rocky Anderson, Folk Hero? Rocky Anderson, Folk Hero?
Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson's cachet is growing in the wake of a stem-winding speech in which he called the President to account for lies and ineptitude in Irag, castigated...
Sep 1, 2006 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Challenging the Culture of Obedience Challenging the Culture of Obedience
Through lies, ineptitude and immoral policies, the Bush Administration has led the nation to the brink of disaster, ruined our reputation and sowed hatred that will take generation...
Sep 1, 2006 / Editorial / Ross C. Anderson
A World Unmoored by War A World Unmoored by War
The United States now spends more in Iraq in a month that the entire world spends on fighting AIDS in a year. Have we reached the point where the terror of AIDS is no match for the...
Aug 25, 2006 / Feature / Stephen Lewis
Truth Time for Democrats Truth Time for Democrats
Democrats must transcend all their intraparty squabbles over the war in Iraq and focus on the obligation of politicians to be honest with the public.
Aug 23, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Troops and Hoops Troops and Hoops
There's something unnerving about USA Basketball's motivational tactics for the 2006 world championship--encouraging players to spend time with wounded Iraq veterans, in hopes of e...
Aug 20, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin